Hear a new song from The Smile, “Friend of a Friend”
On January 26, The Smile will release Wall of Eyes—one of our most anticipated albums of winter 2024—via XL. Today they’ve shared another new song from the album, “Friend of a Friend,” which you can check out below. The group have also announced Wall of Eyes, On Film, a series of screening events at cinemas around the world which will feature a premiere of the “Friend of a Friend” video directed by Paul Thomas Anderson as well as a “surround sound album playback” of Wall of Eyes, plus a program of Anderson’s previous film collaborations with Radiohead and Thom Yorke. Check out the dates of those screening events below, along with the group’s upcoming dates in Europe.
Wall of Eyes follows 2022’s A Light for Attracting Attention.
The Smile Screening events:
Jan 18th – The Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London, UK*
Jan 18th – The Village East, Manhattan, New York, US*
Jan 19th – Brain Dead Studios, Los Angeles, US*
Jan 20th – SangSang Madang Cinema, Seoul, SK (x2 showings)
Jan 20th – Cinema Godard – Fondazione Prada, Milan, IT*
Jan 20th – Cine Tonalá, CDMX, MX
Jan 22nd – 190 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP*
Jan 22nd – MK2 Quai de Loire, Paris, FR*
Jan 23rd – Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, AUS (x2 showings)
Jan 23rd – Eye Filmuseum, Amsterdam, NL*
Jan 23rd – Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, UK*
Jan 25th – 190 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku, Tokyo, JP*
Jan 25th – Kino Intimes, Berlin, DE
*=35mm presentation
The Smile tour dates:
June 8th – Hamburg, Stadtpark Open Air, Germany
June 9th – Cologne Palladium, Germany
June 11th – Berlin, Verti Music Hall, Germany
June 12th – Prague, Forum Karlin, Czechia
June 14th – Belgrade, Hangar, Serbia
June 15th – Pula Arena, Pula, Croatia
June 17th – Bucharest, Arenele Romane, Romania
June 18th – Sofia, Arena Sofia, Bulgaria
June 23rd – Rome, Cavea Auditorium, Roma Summer Fest, Italy
August 13th – Sigulda Castle, Sigulda, Latvia
August 14th – Warsaw, Progresja, Summer Stage, Poland
August 20th – Frankfurt, Jahrunderthalle, Germany
August 21st – Munich, Zenith, Germany
August 22nd – Vienna Open Air Arena, Austria
August 26th – Bordeaux, Krakatoa, France
August 28th – Valencia, Jardins De Viveros, Spain
